What are the hidden costs of using GitHub Copilot if my company has strict privacy policies about code being sent to external servers?
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
What are the hidden costs of using GitHub Copilot if my company has strict privacy policies about code being sent to external servers?
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
GitHub Copilot Business Enterprise privacy data retention prompts suggestions code snippets training policy 2026Google ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
GitHub Copilot data protection privacy FAQ telemetry subprocessors retention IDE context official documentationGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
GitHub Copilot content exclusion limitations agent mode privacy official docsGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (3)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
GitHub Copilot Business Enterprise privacy data retention prompts suggestions code snippets training policy 2026 Google ↗
GitHub Copilot data protection privacy FAQ telemetry subprocessors retention IDE context official documentation Google ↗
GitHub Copilot content exclusion limitations agent mode privacy official docs Google ↗
- GitHub Copilot · Your AI coding agent · GitHub · github.com
- Managing GitHub Copilot policies as an individual subscriber · docs.github.com
- Trust Center · copilot.github.trust.page
- Trust Center · copilot.github.trust.page
- Content exclusion for GitHub Copilot · docs.github.com
- Excluding content from GitHub Copilot · docs.github.com
- Content exclusions generally available in Copilot app and CLI · github.blog
Queries
3 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GitHub Copilot Business Enterprise privacy data retention prompts suggestions code snippets training policy 2026 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
GitHub Copilot data protection privacy FAQ telemetry subprocessors retention IDE context official documentation OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
GitHub Copilot content exclusion limitations agent mode privacy official docs OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 |